The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-12
CATHOLIC NEWS.
Church Notes

Church Notes.
Sister Hilarius. of the Order OF Sisters
Of Mercy, at independence, Iowa, died
recently.
Thursday, March 8, was the ninth an.
niversary of the coronation of His Holt
ness, Leo XIII.
The priest Galeote, who assassinated
the Bishop of Madrid, has been declared
insane and will not be hung.
The Rev. Fathers Damen and Van
der Eerden opened mission in st. ga
briefs Church, Chicago, last Sunday.
There are rs parochial schools in the
diocese of Trenton and upwards OF
5000 Catholic children in attendance.
The diocesan debt of Mobile has been
reduced to $7,5OO-$56, 1877 being paid
last year. The debt will be paid before
Easter.
The qualification of Mother Mary OF
St. Euphrasia Pelletier, foundress OF
the Good Shepherd, has been intro
duced at Rome.
At the Holy Name Cathedral, Chi
cago, during Lent the subject of the
Sunday evening sermons will be 1.-The
Eight Beatitudes"
It is probable the death of Cardinal
Jacobini will cause further postpone
ment of the Papal 'consistory beyond
March II, the date at present fixed.
The Very Rev. M. d. Lilly, 0. p, has
left Memphis for New York to assume
charge of the Church of st. Vincent de
Ferree. and serve as Prior of the con-
vent.
LII. Phelan, United States consul
general to Halifax, is dying in St. Louis.
Mr.. Phelan is brother of Father Phe-
Ian, editor of the Western Waterman,
St. Louis.
Very Rev. Robert w. Brady, S. j.,
acting provincial of the province OF
Maryland New York, is very ill at the
residence of st. Lawrence's church.
New York.
Miss Maggie Mccain made rrofes-
sion of religious vows at the Convent OF
the Good Shepherd, Baltimore. recently.
She received the name in religion of
Sister Mary of St. Rita.
The Sisters of St. Ann have met with
great success in their educational Ia
bors among the whites and Indians of
Vancouver Island, B. G. They have
been there since 1858.
Much uneasiness is felt in Constan-
tinople in consequence of the activity of
the Catholic missionaries in Bulgaria.
They are meeting with unexpected sue
cess in their religious work.
Very Rev. Robert Fulton, S. D., pro-
vincial of the Maryland-New York pro-
vince, who has been making tour of
inspection of the houses of his Order in
Ireland, Is expected home shortly.
Sister Mary Bonanutine Maloney,
aged 80 years, recently died at the
House of the Good Shepherd, in Balti-
more. She was a native of Ireland,
where she studied for the Sisterhood.
A monument will be erected in La
Prairie, Canada, over the grave Of the
sanity Catherine Tegakwita. The
monument is being constructed in Al
bany, and the expenses will be betrayed
by Rev. Father Walworth and his niece,
Miss E. H. Walworth.
Philadelphia is to have colored
Catholic church. There arc two hun
bred colored Catholics in the city, and
but very few of them find it advan-
tageous to worship with their white
brethren. Archbishop Ryan is strongly
in favor of the new movement, it is
said.
After Archbishop Corrigan shall have
completed his labors at Nassau, the
capital of the Bahamas, he will visit
Havana, Cuba, and other points of in
terest. His Grace will return by way of
Jacksonville, Fla, using the opportun-
ity to visit his brother, DR.. Joseph w.
COrrigan in San Antonio, Fla.
Archbishop Seghers is a fit representa-
tive of the Church as the pioneer of
civilization. He has gone to Alaska
with the object. as he has expressed it,
of exploring countries never before Wis.,
tied, and of laboring among natives
never before preached to by mission
aries Of any denomination.
The anniversary of Ireland's patron
saint will be duly celebrated under the
auspices of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, at Emmetsburg, Iowa. The
society has a membership of about IS
in good standing, and have procured
the services of Rev. Father Nugent, of
Des Moines, an eloquent speaker, who
will address them.
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